Corn-husker



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DARIUS T: PHILLIPS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

'CORN-HUSKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 342,807, dated June 1,1886.

Application filed July 2, 1885. Serial No. 170,481. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DARIUs T. PHILLIPS, a citizen of the United Statesof America, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in CornHuskers, of which the following is a specification, reference being hadtherein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to an improved cornhusker; and it consists incertain novel combinations of parts, hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is made to the accompanying drawings, in which Figurelis atopplan view of the husker,partly broken away; Fig. 2, an

end elevation thereof; Fig. 3, a cross-sectioir of the same; Fig. 4,side and end elevations of the rollers; Fig. 5, a detail showing thebearing at one end of the upper roller; and Fig. 6, a detail of certainparts.

Like letters refer to like parts in each view.

In the drawings, A represents the framework of the husker, one end pieceof which is formed with an opening, A', Fig. 3, through which the huskcdears are discharged, as will be described.

IB B represent the husking-rollers, which, as clearly shown in Fig. a,are placed one above the other. These rollers are grooved or corrugatedlongitudinally, as shown, or otherwise constructed to assure a certainhold upon the ears to be operated upon thereby. Rollers B B arecone-shaped, the small ends thereof being at the discharge end of themachine. Any suitable means may be employed to gradually7 feed the earsfrom one end of these rollers to the other, such as placing the saidrollers on a slight incline, or any other well-known arrangement may bemade'. At their small ends rollers B B' each have a stationary bearingin the frame A, and roller B also has such a bearing at its large end.The bearing-box C for the large end of roller B is situated in a slot,C', formed in that end of frame A, andis so arranged as to allow thestud D of such roller a certain vertical play. This end is obtained byholding the two plates of the box a certain distance apart by means ofsuitable rubber washers, E, mounted upon the holding-bolts, all asclearly shown in Fig. 5. The stud D above referred to passes throughslot C', and upon its outer end is keyed a cog-wheel, F, arranged tomesh with and be operated by a similar cog-wheel, G, mounted upon thestud H of roller B. Keyed to the outer end of stud H is asprocket-wheel, K, connected with any suitable power. l Motion isimparted to the two rollers by the arrangement of the gearing thusdescribed.

L represents a shaft, to the outer end of which is keyed a largecog-wheel, M, which is arranged to mesh with and be operated by thecog-wheel G, described as mounted upon the stud of roller B. At itsopposite end this shaft has its bearing in the end piece of the frame A,and at suitable poi nts near each end, but within the frame, it carriespulleys N,

around which an endless apron, O, carrying transverse slats O is passed,said apron being also passed around pulleys P, situated each upon asuitable stud mounted in the end pieces of frame A and within closeproximity to roller B. Pulleys P are oval in shape, whereby the ears ofcorn which fall upon the apron are revolved by the revolving motionimparted to the apron and forced up and down by the peculiar motionimparted to such apron by the pulleys F.

B represents an inclined feeding board mounted in frame A above rollerB.

S is a strip or board,whicl1 extends from end to end ofthe frame A, thelower end of which occupies a position directly in front of rollers B B.This strip is pivotally mounted at its upper end upon studs T, (oneshown in Fig. 6,) which have bearings in the ends of frame A. Around onestud T there is coiled a spring, V, one end of which is inserted intothe strip and the other into the frame A, the coil being such as toforce the lower free end ofthe strip toward the rollers unless its forceis overcome. 4-At its upper end strip S is formed on an incline oppositeto that of board R, in conjunction with which it forms a feed.

hopper, and in its lower end it is cut away to make it as light aspossible.

The operat-ion and manner of using the husker is as follows: Motionbeing imparted to rollers B B and to the apron O through the medium ofthe line of gearing described, the ears of corn with the husks thereonare fed to the rollers at their large ends .between them and the stripS. Because of the pivotal IOO and springvpressu re arrangement of thisstrip it will give sufficiently as the corn is fed, but at the same timewill exert sufficient pressure against the ears to keep them in contactwith the rollers. As the ears pass the upper roller they will fall uponthe end ofthe apron O, and by the slats O will be revolved, the lowerend of strip S being within sufficiently close proximity to the saidapron, and its movement limited by a. stud,]?, Fig. 3, to prevent theears being carried away. Because of the oval pulleys P and the peculiarmotion imparted thereF by to apron O the ears, as they are revolved bytheslats, will be thrown up toward the rollers by which the husks areremoved. During the operation described it will be understood thatbecause of the peculiar shape of rollers B B lthe ears are gradually fedtoward the opening A'in the end of the machine, and finally disA chargedtherethrbugh. It will be understood that should any obstruction enterbetween the rollers the upper roller will be allowed bythe arrangementof the bearings of roller B described suflicient vertical play to allowit to pass off. The strip S is preferably placed at an incline` as shownin Fig. l, and the spring with which one of its pivoting studs isprovided is situated at that end nearest the small ends of the saidrollers, this arrangement being desirable, as it is found that morepressnre is desired at that point than at the large ends of the rollers.

lt will be understood that the operative parts ofthe machine may bedriven from any suitable power and through any suitable line of gearingother than that described; and, further, that the husker described isadapted for use in connection with a corn-harvester, from the mechanismof which it may be operated.

1. In a corn-hnsker, the combination, with bushing-rollers and a stripsituated in close proximity thereto, of anI endless apron and round andoval shaped pulleys for such apron, as set forth.

2. In a cornhnsker, the combination, with conelshaped husking-rollersand a strip situated in close proximity thereto, of an endless apron andround and oval shaped pulleys for such apron, as set forth.

3. In a corn-husker, the combination, with huskingrollers and a pivotedand spring actuated hoald, of an endless apron and round and oval shapedpulleys for such apron, as set forth.

4. In a cornvhusker, the combination, with cone-shaped hnskingrollersand a pivoted and spring-actuated strip, of an endless apron and roundand oval shaped pulleys for such apron, as set forth.

5. In a corn-husker, the conibination,.with cone-shaped and corrugatedhusking-rollers, of a springactnated -and pivoted board, a stop to limitthe movement of such board, an endless apron, and round and oval shapedpulleys for such apron, as set forth.

6. In aeorn-husker, the combination,with a hnski ngroller mounted infixed bearings and a second roller mounted at one end in an adjustablebearing, of a strip situated in close proximity to such rollers, anendless apron, and round and oval shaped pulleys for such apron, as setforth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DARIUS T. PHILLIPS.

